Muon Tomography (or "muography") is an imaging technique based on
absorption or scattering of cosmic ray muons. For studying the interior
of large scale man-made or natural structures such as pyramids,
volcanoes, little hills etc, high penetration capability of muons is
exploited and imaging is performed using the measurement of the
absorption profiles of muons as they pass through the target of
interest. In this context, the MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES)
experiment aims to study the summital cone of Mt. Vesuvius, an active
volcano near Naples, Italy. The information of the density distribution
obtained using muography, in combination with other geophysical
measurements will be used for better defining the volcanic plug at the
bottom of the crater, which could help shed some light on possible
future activities of the volcano.
In this talk, I will provide an overview of the motivations as well as
goals of the MURAVES experiment. The detector and the experimental
set-up will also be described in detail. Furthermore, I will present
some very preliminary results and also discuss current and future
MURAVES works that the CP3 muography team is involved in.